FOX Delays Krapopolis Sneak Peek For A Different Krappy Show

First Nickelodeon changes it’s November lineup, and now anybody getting a hold of the new schedule listings for November 27th will notice something a little different on the FOX lineup versus what was promised. After two months of promoting that the Animation Domination lineup would premiere the aforementioned sneak peek of Dan Harmon’s highly-anticipated new series, Krapopolis, the network has instead delayed the premiere to an unknown start date/time sometime in 2023 closer to the premiere in favor of this upcoming piece-of-shit live-action series Welcome to Fletch.

Worst yet, the Animation Domination lineup has shifted back 30 minutes, leaving a potential new episode of Family Guy on the floor, and instead have opted to start the lineup with new episodes of The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, and The Great North starting at 830 pm ET/PT.

FOX has already ordered a second season of Krapopolis ahead of the show’s first even premiering which, checks notes, was originally ordered in June 2020. The network seems to still be eyeing the Monday night AniDom lineup coming May 2023 which would be, in LinkedIn math, THREE YEARS from announcement to premiere. Moreover, this pretty much wastes the time of attending either of the San Diego Comic-Con or New York Comic-Con panels this past year for Krapopolis and getting fans excited for the show. Absolutely bizarre behavior and I can tell you right now, this is going to sink FOX’s ship in our monthly power rankings where FOX is on the #2 spot.

November 27th won’t be all bad on the animation front, as we reported, a new episode of The Simpsons kicks off that night @ 830 pm ET/PT, with guest stars Simu Liu as Adult Hubert Wong and Natasha Lyonne as Sophie Krustofsky, check your local listings.

KRAPOPOLIS centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.

In the series, Ayoade voices “Tyrannis”, the mortal son of a goddess. He’s the benevolent King of Krapopolis trying to make do in a city that lives up to its name. Waddingham plays “Deliria,” Tyrannis’ mother, goddess of self-destruction and questionable choices. Within her extended Olympian family – forged in patricide and infidelity – she’s known as the trashy one. Berry is “Shlub,” Tyrannis’ father, a mantitaur (half centaur [horse + human], half manticore [lion + human + scorpion]). He is oversexed and underemployed, claims to be an artist and has literally never paid for anything, in any sense of that word, for his entire life. Murphy voices “Stupendous,” Tyrannis’ half-sister, daughter of Deliria and a cyclops. Trussell plays “Hippocampus,” Tyrannis’ half-brother, offspring of Shlub and a mermaid, and, obviously, a hot mess, biologically speaking.

The series is an outgrowth of the direct animation deal Harmon and FOX Entertainment unveiled last year. Wholly owned and financed by FOX Entertainment and to be produced by FOX’s Emmy Award-winning animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment, the project also is the first series to move forward under FOX’s broadcast direct model. Additionally, KRAPOPOLIS will serve as the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the Blockchain, as FOX and Bento Box enter the NFT business. The company will launch a dedicated marketplace for KRAPOPOLIS that will curate and sell digital goods, ranging from NFTs of one-of-a-kind character and background art and GIFs, as well as tokens that provide exclusive social experiences to engage and reward super fans.  An NFT of the KRAPOPOLIS cast image is minted on the Eluvio content blockchain with token metadata.